another word for bother (sense 5), bother (sense 8)
botheration in American English
(ˌbɑðərˈeɪʃən)
noun, interjection
Informal
bother
botheration in American English
(ˌbɑðəˈreiʃən)
interjection
1.
(used as an exclamation indicating vexation or annoyance.)
noun
2.
the act or state of bothering or the state of being bothered
Word origin
[1790–1800; bother + -ation]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cannibalism, cutout, echelon, modular, peanut-ation is used to form nouns from stems ending in -ate (separation) and, on this model, to form nouns from stems of other origin (starvation). Other words that use the affix -ation include: capitalization, generalization, polymerization, reservation, transportation